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Gordon Norman Wilson and Elizabeth MacQueen married on 27 June 1947 at Donkin, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006589

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19476589

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Donkin

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Wilson, Gordon Norman

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer   Kind of industry or business Contracting

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Church of England   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Port Morien, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Donkin, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father John T. Wilson

10. Place of birth of father Springhill, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Alice Sarah Fleet

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full MacQueen, Elizabeth

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Grocery Store

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 20

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence Donkin, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Donkin, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Murray MacQueen

22. Place of birth of father Donkin, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Violet Young


25. When married 27 day of June 1947

26. Place of marriage Saint Luke's Manse, Donkin, Nova Scotia Donkin, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 86607

28. Signature of

Groom Gordon Norman Wilson

Bride   Elizabeth MacQueen

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Jean Munroe

Address  Donkin

Name Arthur Wilson

Address  Port Morien, Nova Scotia

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman S W (B?)

Address Donkin, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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